Posts Tagged «security»

Mozilla has blocked Firefox from running Flash by default on the latest versions of its browser and is calling on Adobe to dump the product altogether. Is this finally the end of the performance-sucking plugin?

New data shows how the GCHQ and NSA have been targeting anti-virus companies for years, looking for deliberate targets to exploit. Worse, apparently sending malware for analysis is grounds to be flagged as a suspicious person.

A critical new vulnerability has been discovered on Samsung Galaxy S5 and S6 devices, but the state of the Android ecosystem means there’s nothing end-users can do about it (except avoid unsecured WiFi, anyway).

Tim Cook gave another strongly-worded speech in favor of user privacy and the importance of strong encryption this week, but the Apple CEO has yet to speak to some of the underlying reasons for why users treat privacy so cavalierly.

Cisco may be in hot water. The company is already under investigation for alleged improprieties in its dealings with Russia. Now it may have dodged international sanctions to sell hardware, despite ongoing tensions over Ukraine.

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